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and the overall Fire Safety Plan and the role that Automist plays in assuring safety: this responsibility should
not be devolved to the Automist Designer. It is the responsibility of the client, or their appointed
representative, to consider these, and communicate the results of their deliberations to the Automist
Designer / Installer so that these can be accounted for within the design.
Using Automist to meet Building Regulations
Regulation 7 requires building work to be carried out with adequate and proper materials and in a
workman like manner. The materials must be appropriate for the circumstances in which they are used,
adequately mixed or prepared, and applied, used or fixed so as adequately to perform the functions for
which they are designed. When Automist is used to meet building regulations, the purpose and coverage
requirement is often defined in a guidance document: Approved Document B (as a replacement for a BS
9251 system), BS 9991 or a fire engineering report.
Using Automist as an elective fire safety measure
In cases where Automist is being used solely as an elective means to improve the levels of fire safety and is
not a requirement for building regulations or general minimum statutory life safety standards, the design,
performance, and implementation of Automist are completely at the client's discretion and are not
governed by statutory prescriptive requirements. The performance and/or operation of the suppression
system in this case will not be relied upon outside its scope as a complementary addition.
The Automist Design Specification
The Authorised Reseller Installer (ARI) designer should consult with stakeholders to develop and produce
the Design Specification in line with the client’s Requirement Specification (see page 14). It is the
responsibility of the Automist Designer to ensure that the specification is appropriate for the Requirement
Specification provided.
The specification for the design should include the following information:
a)
building/occupancy types (see page 16);
b)
areas of the building to be protected;
c)
water supply requirements and verification measures;
d)
how Automist interacts with the fire alarm system (see page 47);
e)
details of any enhancements to Automist (see below); and
f)
where a fire strategy relies upon the design of the automatic water fire suppression system
(AWFSS), a version-controlled copy of that fire strategy, including sufficient detail to understand
the fire safety objectives, relationships, and dependencies.
An example of an Automist Design Specification is available in Appendix C (see page 112) and uploaded to
the Plumis Partner Site for recording keeping.
IMPORTANT!
Any deviation from this DIOM must be agreed by the Authority Having Jurisdiction and client
in writing.
